" If I went
to work in a factory, the first thing I'd do would be to join a
union "

--
Franklin D. Roosevelt

This
Website is dedicated to the Men and Women in the Construction

Trades
Unions that risk there life day after day in all kinds of weather
conditions to build

Future
for ourselves and our children....

My name is
Marianne
Rafferty and I
have been an Operating Engineer for 29 years now

and have
had this site up and running going on 20 years. I have some
personal insights, links to great sites, awesome job site
photographs, safety tips and charts and a guest book with comments
from Australia to Japan to New Zealand! I am not in a position to
get photos from jobs now so I rely on all of you to send them to
me so I can post them! Please send to my email address
mariannerafferty@gmail.com
. It's obvious I love my career choice but it wasn't and isn't
always easy. Skill, patience, education, undoubtedly experience
are all needed. Getting along in a team atmosphere with 99.999%
men is also important.